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J. M, DILLIVIEIER. CASSEROLE HLDER. APPLlCATlON FlLEDfEB; 24. 1919.

Patented May 27, 1919.

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JOSEPHINE'M. DILLMEIER, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

CASSEROLE-HOLDER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 2 7, 1919.

Application led .February 24, 1919. Serial N o. 279,014.

.To all whom t may concern Be it known that I, JOSEPHINF. M. DILL- MEIER, of New York, in the county of New York and Sta-te of New York, have invented `certain new land useful Improvements in Casserole-Holders; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description oit' the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention has reference to holders which are adjustable to accommodate cas- .Seroles of .varying ,sizes and shapes.

In the drawing Figure 1 Ais a plan showing in d ott-ed lines the format-ions which the `holder may assume. Fig. 2 is a vertical Secbe yappropriately ornamented and equip-pcd with handles 6.

The channels in the plates 2 are closed at their inner ends as at 7'and at their outer ends their walls are tapered as at 8 to provfide stops for the conical heads 9 of bars 3. The plates2 are each formed with a longitudinal slot 10 intersecting the channel and adapted to receive the threaded stem 12 of a foot 13. This stem is tapped in a hole bored through the bar 3. By turning lthe foot screw-wise the bar 3 may be rendered free for longitudinal adjustment or the extremity of stem 1 2may bear against the base 1 and firmly hold the bar against movement. To render this locking action thoroughly effective the base 1 is shown formed 'With a series of recesses 14 yadapted to receive the stem 12.

As shown in F ig. 1 the full lines indicate the frame 4 in truly circular form', all four feet having of the bars 3 being at the inner ends zof their respective channels. A casse-role of corresponding size and format-ion may be placed within the holder and rest. upon the base 1. If', now, it be desired to adapt the holder to an oval shaped casserole the feet 13 ofl two opposite vbars may be turned to release the bars and the fee-t may be used as handles to withdraw the `bars the desired distance and then lock them. The dotted line formation indicated at 15 is thus produced. Bv fully withdrawing vall of' the bars the enlarged circular formation may be assumed, as indicated at 16.

. I claim as my invention:

1. A casserole holder comprising a central rigid base and a flexible. side frame, horizontallj7 extensible bars radiating from said base and secured to said side frame, and means for securing said bars to said base in their adjusted positions.

2. .A casserole holder comprising a centra-l rigid base and a flexible side frame, channel pla-tes on said base. bars in said channel plates and secured to said side frame, and feet secured to said bars and having means for locking said bars `in their channels.

3. A casserole holder comprising a central rigid base and a flexible side frame. channel plates on said baseformed with slots. bars in said plates and secured to said side frame and formed with threaded holes, and threaded stems extending through said holes and adapted to bea-r against said base.

4. A casserole holder comprising a central rigid hase formed with recesses in its under surface, and a flexible side frame. channel plateson Said base formed with slots, bars adjustable in said platesand secured to said side frame and formed with threaded holes in alinement with the recesses in said base, and feet having threaded stems extending through said holes and adapted to enter said recesses.

In testimony whereof I have signed this specification.

JSEPHINE M. DILLMEIER. 

